There has probably been no better form of video game promotion and hype-generation than Blizzard’s series of short films focusing on a slew of <i>Overwatch</i> characters. The animated shorts, which are Pixar-level quality and span eight characters with one reveal trailer, always spark the same response …

How to pick between a Hunter, Titan and Warlock<p>Before you even grab a gun and start blasting away killer robots or aliens in <i>Destiny</i> <i>2</i>, you need to pick a class. Hunters, Titans and Warlocks can all technically operate (most of) the same weapons, but the way they move and the abilities they can …

It’s Destiny, with much less bullshit<p>The evolution of <i>Destiny</i>, like that of many long-term online service games, has been a veritable saga. Three years ago, Bungie launched <i>Destiny</i> amid staggering levels of hype, and the massive canyon between expectations and reality led many people to write off the …

Mobile games are extremely popular, even closing the gap with console gaming. Last year, the mobile gaming industry generated more than $40 billion in revenue. There are plenty of interesting titles to choose from and if you want to cast your vote for the best one of all, now’s your chance.<p>Nominees …

While Niantic will put something as small as “minor text fixes” in <i>a Pokémon GO</i> patch notes update, sometimes they can totally change something fundamental about the game and not say a word.<p>We are now in the middle of <i>Pokémon GO</i>’s Valentine’s event, where a bunch of pink Pokémon are spawning …

Blizzard Entertainment celebrates its 25th anniversary today, a milestone that very few video game companies achieve in a very Darwinian industry. It has survived this long, and thrived, because of a relentless emphasis on quality. The company, which has been part of Activision Blizzard since 2008, …

Less than 24 hours after reporting Time Warner’s completely out-of-touch idea to woo back cord cutters by showing fewer commercials, we’re now seeing there is indeed more to its plan.<p>They plan to piss off Netflix users.<p>“We are evaluating whether to retain our rights for a longer period of time and …

There’s another <i>Destiny</i> livestream today, showing off the new strikes with <i>The Taken King,</i> just after giving us a tour of the complete overhaul the rest of the game is getting last week. It’s funny to give so much coverage to an expansion pack for a game that came out a year ago — that’s what this …

Just before E3 this year, YouTube announced that it was getting into gaming in a big way, with its own stand-alone video site that would take on Twitch. Called YouTube Gaming, the service was expected to launch some time this summer — and it looks like tomorrow will finally be the day. The service …

Bungie showed off a variety of updates and improves that are coming to <i>Destiny</i> alongside the launch of <i>The Taken King</i> last week, but today the second livestream is going to be a more focused. Here's what we'll see:<p>James Tsai, design lead, will walk players through the new gameplay elements of The …

<i>Hearthstone</i>, Blizzard's popular digital collectible card game, pulls in about $20 million a month, split almost evenly between the PC and mobile versions of the game, according to analyst firm Superdata.<p>The information is detailed in the company's summary of its annual digital card games report.<p>How …

The World of Warcraft is about to get a bit bigger.<p>Blizzard announced today that it’ll reveal the next major expansion for its popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game at the Gamescom conference, which takes place in Cologne, Germany from August 6 through August 9. The announcement …

It never fails to amaze me that Blizzard is still hard at work at changing <i>Diablo 3</i> for the better in major ways. Most games will continue to patch out bugs or patch in bits of extra content as time goes on, but if <i>Diablo 3</i> was a human being undergoing plastic surgery, over the past few years it’s …